(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) general counsel on Thursday said his emotions clouded his judgment when he wrote meeting notes in which he allegedly outlined a public relations strategy against a protest organizer and questioned the employee’s intelligence.
Amazon did not confirm the authenticity of the notes, which Vice News reported were from a daily meeting with the company’s Chief Executive Jeff Bezos and senior leadership team.
David Zapolsky, Amazon’s secretary and top lawyer, allegedly wrote that a worker who criticized Amazon’s warehouse operation during the coronavirus pandemic was “not smart, or articulate” and suggested Amazon might “make him the face of the entire union/organizing movement.”
Amazon and other businesses have provided vital deliveries as nearly 90% of the United States has been told by their governments to stay home to slow the spread of coronavirus. However, some employees have protested, saying the companies are not doing enough…
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